Tag: advertising

You probably know about big data. It has been heralded as a game-changing tool and has already transformed many aspects of many industries. According to Forbes, big data is a collection of data from traditional and digital sources inside and outside your company that represents a source for ongoing discovery and analysis. There are different types of big data and it’s not just the realms of the digital world that count – offline interactions happening in large volumes also count. Forbes splits the field into 2 major areas – unstructured and multi-structured data. The former cannot easily be organized or interpreted by algorithms or databases (think social media posts), and the latter refers to interactions between people and machines (a wide range of interactions including web apps and social networks). But what does all this mean for advertising?

With more data at our disposal and better ways of storing and analyzing what we have, big data looks set to be a game changer for advertising. So what is changing? Well it’s not necessarily how we advertise that will change, but rather the insights informing advertising decisions will be stronger and smarter. Big data can help us get better at understanding customers. This means better honing messages with predictive analytics and gaining new insights on the way customers interact with advertising. Big data isn’t the next generation of advertising, but rather a tool that can help us do things better.

Digital advertising is everywhere and in a million different channels. If you are online at any given time, chances are you are basically being bombarded by advertising banners, ads, retargeting email campaigns, clickbait, sponsored social media posts and more. There is so much advertising “noise” out there that most people ignore or at least block a lot of it out. Most of it ends up taking on a status of background noise, but there are always posts that stand out from the crowd and make an impact. To make sure you keep making an impact with your advertising, find out what the future of advertising has in store and how to change things to make them more relevant and impactful.

Ok, it might not send like the best way to launch a list of futuristic online ad trends, but its true: online ads are annoying people more than ever. Our brains can’t always filter them out so more and more people are turning to online ad blockers and pop-up stoppers. The worst culprit here are preroll ad, the auto-play is perceived as both annoying and intrusive. But don’t worry – it’s not all bad news. While generic ads are annoying, the future of advertising is all about pinpoint targeting. The trick is honing into your target market, learning as much about them as possible and targeting them with non-intrusive native ads. Context is also incredibly important – if they are looking at one specific brand continuously but are telling all their friends how they hate the brand’s new product, advertising that product might not be the way to go. The best ads need to tap into all of a users data – who they are, what they like and what they say.

The future is interactive

The days of static ads are coming to an end, and interactive content is gaining traction. The future of ads is all about maximizing user-experience and curating something that is both immersive and interactive. People are bored of banner ads. So what will grab their attention? Well, simple things can work wonders. Instead of a form asking for your users’ name and email, try a gamified quiz. If your brand is all about health food then use infographics to encourage your users to engage. Converting a user doesn’t have to be a boring experience.

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